Wooden Fence

    There once was a young boy with a very bad temper. The boy’s father wanted to teach him a lesson, so he gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into their wooden fence. On the first day of this lesson, the little boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. He was really mad! Over the course of the next few weeks, the little boy began to control his anger, so the number of nails that were hammered into the fence dramatically decreased. It…

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Best day of my life

    This morning when I woke up, I said to myself: “Today will be the best day of my life”. I promised myself that no matter what happens, I will continue to believe it is the best day ever. I decided that I will not allow people or circumstances to change my mind. It is a choice I made. So, today, I’m going to celebrate what an unbelievable life I have had so far: the accomplishments, the many blessings, and, yes, even the hardships, because they have served to make me stronger. I will go through this day with…

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